kevala

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[apte] a. [kev sevane vṛṣāº kal] 1 Peculiar, exclusive, uncommon; Pt. 2. 134. --2 Alone, more, sole, only, isolated; sa hitasya na kevalāṃ śriyaṃ pra- tipede sakalān guṇānapi R. 8. 5; na ke- valānāṃ payasāṃ prasūtimavehi māṃ kāmadughā pra- sannāṃ 2. 63; 15. 1; Ku. 2. 34. --3 Whole, entire, absolute, perfect. --4 Bare, uncovered (as ground); Ku. 5. 12. --5 Pure, simple, unmingled, unattended (by anything else); kātaryaṃ...

[mw] mf (A, I) n. (m. nom. pl. e RV. x, 51, 9) (f. ī RV. x, 73, 6 AV. S3Br.; ā Mn. &c, see Pa1n2. 4-1, 30) (n. in comp. Pa1n2. 2-1, 49) exclusively one's own (not common to others) RV.; AV. 309,3 55857 mf (A, I) n. alone, only, mere, sole, one, excluding others RV.; AV.; TS. &c 309,3 55858 mf (A, I) n. not connected with anything else, isolated, abstract, absolute Page310,1 55859 mf (A, I) n. simple, pure, uncompounded,...

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√prā प्रा

Gaṇa 2· adadi· Parasmaipada · pūraṇe

to fill, to be satisfied, to be content

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a. [kev sevane vṛṣāº kal] 1 Peculiar, exclusive, uncommon; Pt. 2. 134. --2 Alone, more, sole, only, isolated; sa hitasya na kevalāṃ śriyaṃ pra- tipede sakalān guṇānapi R. 8. 5; na...

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Part of Speech: ADJ
Total Occurrences: 539
Texts Appeared In: 93

DCS: a principal act of devotion; name of Viṣṇu; name of a work; a group of important offerings (containing brahma-, deva-, manuṣya-, bhūta- and pitṛyajña); = piṇḍapitṛyajña | Monier-Williams: N. of a country ( v.l. kerala ), MBh. vi, 9, 34.

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Nādabindūpaniṣat surface: kevalaḥ

tato vilīnapāśo 'sau vimalaḥ kevalaḥ prabhuḥ
Haṭhayogapradīpikā surface: kevalaś

sahitaḥ kevalaś ceti kumbhako dvividho mataḥ
Haṭhayogapradīpikā surface: kevala

yāvat kevalasiddhiḥ syāt sahitaṃ tāvad abhyaset